Thomas V. Jones papers, 1953-1992

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Summary

Creators:
Jones, Thomas V., 1920-2014
Abstract:
Papers documenting Thomas V. Jones' career with Northrop Corporation.
Extent:
20 boxes
Language:
The material is in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, awards, clippings, scrapbooks, manuals, reports, and speeches that document Thomas V. Jones' career at Northrop Corporation from the 1950s to the 1990s. Specifically covered in the collection are: the business of Northrop Corporation; the Rand Corporation; Jones' work with the Trilateral Commission; working with Prince Bernhard; B-2 bomber; F-5; F-20 and other fighter planes.

Some material has been removed due to their military classification.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas V. Jones was an American engineer and businessman who served as Chairman and Executive Chief Officer of Northrop Corporation. He had a degree in engineering from Stanford University and had previously worked at Douglas Aircraft Company and the RAND Corporation. He became President of Northrop in 1959, Chairman of the Board in 1963 and retired in 1989. He was married to Ruth Jones; they had two children: Peter and Ruth. Thomas V. Jones died in Los Angeles in 2014.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Peter Jones, March 2014.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the following order: Box 1: Awards and Honors; Box 2: Consulting Files; Box 3: Consulting Files, Interviews and Personal Files; Box 4: Personal Files; Box 5: Personal Files and Photographs; Boxes 6-8: Presentations and Speeches; and Boxes 9-20: Subject Files.

Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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